Voter Blog
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May31
Justice Stevens: Cracks already showing in Supreme Court’s Citizens United doctrine
Just one day after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his tenure on the Supreme Court – the third longest ever – Justice John Paul Stevens described new evidence of cracks forming in the “Citizens United doctrine” amongst the very same justices who were behind that decision.
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May31
Clips Round-up for 5/31/12
May31John Lewis: Our elections are going to the highest bidder
Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) appeared on the Diane Rehm Show Wednesday to talk about his new book, "Across That Bridge: Life Lessons And A Vision For Change." The civil rights hero and 13-term Congressman briefly talked about the presidential race and the money flowing into our elections. Here's what he had to say:
May30Clips Round-up for 5/30/12
Top story this morning from Politico: "Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives – including Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and Tom Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – plan to spend roughly $1 billion on November’s elections for the White House and control of Congress, according to officials familiar with the groups’ internal operations. ...
May30Watchdog: 2012 Election Spending Should Be Alarming to Americans of Every Stripe
Campaign finance watchdog Public Campaign released a statement in response to today’s Politico story on conservative groups planning to spend over $1 billion to buy the presidency and Congress.
May29Supreme Court Set to Consider Montana Campaign Finance Case
Scotusblog reports that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the American Tradition Partnership, et al., v. Bullock case on June 14th.
May295/29/12 Daily Clips - Coburn admonished, secret money looms large, and more
Do read Matea Gold and Joseph Tanfini's piece in the LA Times on the millions in secret money that was spent by the Center to Protect Patient Rights and what it means for 2012. Craig Holman: "This is a classic example of how our campaign finance system has entirely fallen apart." National Journal spends some time on secret money too.
May29How to save the middle class? End our big money political system, to start
The Economic Policy Institute’s Jeff Faux has an article in this month’s American Prospect entitled, “Who will save the middle class?”
He writes that the “American middle class is headed for a further fall in its living standards, and the probability that the country’s two-party governing class will change course is close to zero.”
There are several reasons for this, but he cites one that will be familiar to readers of this blog: our big money political system.
May25Clips round up for 5/25/2012
What are you doing over the holiday weekend? Sens. Mike Enzi and Jeff Sessions will head to the Casa Marina resort in Key Largo for a fundraiser. Me, I'll be at a wedding in West Virginia. Clips will resume Tuesday morning.
May24The Unofficial Senate Calendar for May 24th: 11 DC Fundraisers
The U.S. Senate has a busy day with amendments to an FDA bill, but members of the Upper Chamber will still find time to raise money, according to invitations provided by the Sunlight Foundation’s PoliticalPartyTime website. Eleven Republican Senators will attend events to raise money for nine different members today.